Details
A fan, the leaf painted in watercolours with Mercury directing Venus towards a seated Paris, Juno and Minerva in the background and cupids frollicking, the verso painted with further cupids, the mother-of-pearl sticks carved, pierced and gilt with figures, the guardsticks with love birds, arrows, butterflies and a male figure--11¾in. (29.5cm.), circa 1780s
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